Vouch Button

[Senvoz]

I suggest we add a vouch button. OK, lots of people have suggested this, but they suggested to have it on the profile. I suggest that on certain forums where rep is needed (selling stuff og accounts, service etc) whenever you post a thread, there will be a little counter or something next to the thread which shows how many vouches it has, and users can obviously click a vouch button, I think this would be a good idea because it stops the first 6 pages being VOUCH VOUCH VOUCH VOUCH. so it clears "spam" and also allows potential buyers/sellers to see a nice clean and easy to see button saying "7 vouches"

 

[MrBorder]

Dope idea! hope this gets accepted!

 

[Ivain]

Let me tell you guys a little story. Long ago, in a time long past, MCM had a 'vouch' button as part of the reactions. The one that is now called 'winner'.
Back in those days, that was seen as a form of reputation. As such, people had their friends spam-vouch them in every thread. People decided that whoever had more vouch reactions was more reputable. I hope I don't need to tell you why this was retarded.
Then I started trying to push them into using actual verbal vouches, but the idea was to leave a review, much as the reputation system works now. If someone just leaves 'vouch' and nothing else, it's a LQ post just like a post that says nothing more than "GLWS". I suggest you treat it as such, and report posts just saying 'vouch' without a reason why.

If you are suggesting to have the button simply count up the amount of times it is clicked, I disagree vehemently and will fight it at every turn.
If you instead are suggesting that people be able to leave vouches on threads in a special way similar to what we use for general reputation, I might be agreed, though I still think it'd be too much of a hassle to implement.

Ideally, we'd move vouches to the reputation system entirely, but it's a bit confusing for a lot of people still (or that's how it seems).

 

[MrBorder]

Let me tell you guys a little story. Long ago, in a time long past, MCM had a 'vouch' button as part of the reactions. The one that is now called 'winner'.
Back in those days, that was seen as a form of reputation. As such, people had their friends spam-vouch them in every thread. People decided that whoever had more vouch reactions was more reputable. I hope I don't need to tell you why this was retarded.
Then I started trying to push them into using actual verbal vouches, but the idea was to leave a review, much as the reputation system works now. If someone just leaves 'vouch' and nothing else, it's a LQ post just like a post that says nothing more than "GLWS". I suggest you treat it as such, and report posts just saying 'vouch' without a reason why.

If you are suggesting to have the button simply count up the amount of times it is clicked, I disagree vehemently and will fight it at every turn.
If you instead are suggesting that people be able to leave vouches on threads in a special way similar to what we use for general reputation, I might be agreed, though I still think it'd be too much of a hassle to implement.

Ideally, we'd move vouches to the reputation system entirely, but it's a bit confusing for a lot of people still (or that's how it seems).

just thought about what you said and i agree xD changing my opinion xD

 

[Senvoz]

Let me tell you guys a little story. Long ago, in a time long past, MCM had a 'vouch' button as part of the reactions. The one that is now called 'winner'.
Back in those days, that was seen as a form of reputation. As such, people had their friends spam-vouch them in every thread. People decided that whoever had more vouch reactions was more reputable. I hope I don't need to tell you why this was retarded.
Then I started trying to push them into using actual verbal vouches, but the idea was to leave a review, much as the reputation system works now. If someone just leaves 'vouch' and nothing else, it's a LQ post just like a post that says nothing more than "GLWS". I suggest you treat it as such, and report posts just saying 'vouch' without a reason why.

If you are suggesting to have the button simply count up the amount of times it is clicked, I disagree vehemently and will fight it at every turn.
If you instead are suggesting that people be able to leave vouches on threads in a special way similar to what we use for general reputation, I might be agreed, though I still think it'd be too much of a hassle to implement.

Ideally, we'd move vouches to the reputation system entirely, but it's a bit confusing for a lot of people still (or that's how it seems).

When you click the vouch button you give a reason why, i'm also thinking it could have a "list" button that shows who left the vouches. Vouches are only for that thread, not profile-wide.[DOUBLEPOST=1509116510][/DOUBLEPOST]

To come around the new members vouching for 'friends' or people that they are bias towards you'd most likely implement a time limit on the site before being able to use this 'vouch button'.

Yeah, I was thinking maybe 2-3 a day? or maybe 1 every 12 hours. that way when people vouch it really means something.

 

[Ivain]

Ah, the good option. Well, I won't directly oppose it, but I'm not 100% sure if it'll be worth it. It'd be a lot of custom development, since afaik there's no options or plugins for xenforo to do this already.

 

[Senvoz]

Ah, the good option. Well, I won't directly oppose it, but I'm not 100% sure if it'll be worth it. It'd be a lot of custom development, since afaik there's no options or plugins for xenforo to do this already.

Thanks - I appreciate it

 

[Senvoz]

And what's to stop people from saying "Vouch, has cool account" on OG threads? A limit won't solve the problems. New users would still use their 3 even when not dealing with someone. It's too unregulated, there's no way you can report vouches on a thread as there's thousands of threads active and staff can't clear vouches from the thread. This is almost an impossible situation to regulate, which is why there's a reason no other xenforo forums I've been on have ever had this system.[DOUBLEPOST=1509125433][/DOUBLEPOST]I can call it now. Every time an OG seller like Zyger, Ghoul, Glove, Playboy posts a thread, it'd be spammed with vouches from randoms saying "cool guy has cool accs."

As I said, there would be a "list" button so anybody could see who left the vouches, and they would see that the vouches were left by someone of low reputation.

 

[felldownstairs]

nice idea, would be cool if it worked a little like rep system so it shows amount of vouches but you could quote the vouches in your posts

 

[Senvoz]

nice idea, would be cool if it worked a little like rep system so it shows amount of vouches but you could quote the vouches in your posts

It can't be used as rep,otherwise people would abuse, this is just being made for an easier way of viewing vouches without spam.

Also: http://usetheagreebutton.com/

 

[TBK]

I have always fI have always found vouches pointless. When im selling/buying to people im only interested in there join date+REP so either way I think this suggestion is pointless...ound vouches pointless. When im selling/buying to people

 

[felldownstairs]

It can't be used as rep,otherwise people would abuse, this is just being made for an easier way of viewing vouches without spam.

Also: http://usetheagreebutton.com/

i said it worked a little like the rep not it is the rep.

 

[Senvoz]

i said it worked a little like the rep not it is the rep.

Oh OK, yeah thats good. :3

 

[Senvoz]

You guys are all literally suggesting a reputation system for threads. This would be extremely messy. People remake threads because of trashing or changes all the time, they wouldn't carry over, and vouches just aren't reliable enough. This would also clot up threads a lot, people selling 2 letters, or really OG names, or having a successful build team would have "Winner" "Like" "Optimistic" "Creative" and "Vouch" all on the same thread. It's messy as fuck, and we don't really need it since people that say "omg please clean my thread people are trashing it" are just being extra.

the whole point of this is to CLEAN up threads, making the already messy vouches not messy.